Extreme poverty in China: A family portrait of the “Ice Boy”

**Update again: We interviewed Ice Boy 1 year later and we have some good news:

*Update: Sadly Ice Boy's life doesn't necessarily get easier after he get famous:

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An SCMP reporter went to visit the famous “Ice Boy” in a mountain village in Yunnan province China. They talked to the child and his father to try and understand the tough situation they are facing.

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